Joe Reese Brabson, Jr. Lieutenant Colonel, United States Army Air Corps |
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Reese Brabson, Jr. was appointed to the United States Military Academy
from Tennessee in the class of 1938.
He was originally assigned to the Infantry but transferred to the Air Corps. During World War II he was assigned, as a Lieutenant Colonel, as Deputy Commander, 42nd Bomb Group, 13th Air Force, East Indies. In that capacity he was killed while on a bombing mission on 1 January 1945. He was awarded the Air Medal and the Purple Heart Medal. He is buried in Arlington National Cemetery, adjacent to his father, Joe Reese Brabson, Lieutenant Colonel, United States Army. BRABSON, JOE R JR
Posted: 30 December 2007 |
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